Parbroath Castle is a ruined castle which was the former seat of Clan Seton near Parbroath farm, Creich, Fife, Scotland. Only a portion of a vault standing in a field still exists. The building was designated a Category C listed building in 1984. In March 1512

James IV of Scotland James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchi ...

granted Parbroath to John Seton and Alexander Seton of Parbroath and his daughter Jonet. The lands had been held by the crown for the previous fifty years. David Seton of Parbroath was

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of the Scottish exchequer for James VI and Chamberlain of Dunfermline for Anne of Denmark in 1590.George Seton, ''History of the family of Seton during eight centuries'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1896) pp. 881-2
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Etymology

The name ''Parbroath'' was first recorded in 1315 as ''Partebrothoc'', and may be of Pictish origin. The first part is ''*part-'', the Pictish equivalent of

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''parth'' meaning "side, area, region" (< Latin ''pars''). The second is ''*Brothoc'', a former name for the nearby Fernie Burn, derived from a cognate of Welsh ''brwd'', with the diminutive suffix ''-awc''.

References

Ruined castles in Fife History of Fife Listed castles in Scotland Category C listed buildings in Fife {{Scotland-struct-stub